Preliminary Report of Plants and Processes for the Dyeing and Finishing of Textiles

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• Description:
  Processes in the dyeing and finishing of textiles during which workers may be exposed to hazardous situations or chemicals were considered. An overview of the textile industry was presented, and dyeing and finishing processes were described. During the preparatory processes fabrics may be subjected to bleaching, singeing, desizing, scouring, degumming, and mercerization. Dyeing processes included stock, top, yarn, piece, cross, and dope. Printing processes discussed included block, roller, discharge, resist, stencil, screen, rotary screen, thermachrome transfer, warp, duplex, photo, batik dyeing, tie dyeing, composition of paste designs, flocking, and spray painting. Finishing processes may be mechanical or chemical. Mechanical processes included shrinking, tentering, crabbing, calendering, schreinering, embossing, moireing, beetling, gigging, shearing and sanforizing. Chemical processes discussed included fulling, decating, stiffening, weighting, glazing, parchmentizing, mildew proofing, water repellency, waterproofing, flame proofing, moth proofing, antibacterial finishes, napping, shape retention treatment, crepeing and wrinkles, slip resistance treatment, heat resistance treatment, foam laminating, fabric bonding, and permanent press treatments. Dyeing and finishing occupations were described. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coloring Agents Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Safety Textile Industry
• Keywords:
  Contract-210-79-0001 Dyeing-industry NIOSH-Contract Occupational-exposure Textile-finishing; Textiles-industry Worker-health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  Maryland ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-82
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00237106
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB97-187439
• Citation:
  GEOMET Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Maryland 1980 Apr; :1-82
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1980
• Performing Organization:
  Geomet Technologies, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  GEOMET Technologies, Inc., Rockville, Maryland
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ed50223a0ceed5f93f7347721f6307274de99de630edc67cd3db44a5d16bfd4ca36e4061a7c741e8a4b9d6b374464abe9bb1ed6f3955b48c666e7dda1f537143
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/197869/cdc_197869_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.92 MB ]